Tracklist

1-1	Prélude	4:20
Act One
1-2	No. 1 Introduction: "Sur La Place Chacun Passe"	6:01
1-3	No. 2 Marche Et Choeur Des Gamins: "Allez, Dépêchez-vous!... Avec La Garde Montant"	4:32
1-4	"Dites-moi, Brigadier?"	0:45
1-5	No. 3 Choeur Et Scène: "Voici La Cloche Qui Sonne... La Cloche A Sonné"	6:05
1-6	"Mais Nous Ne Voyons Pas La Carmencita"	1:13
1-7	No. 4 Havanaise: "L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle"	4:51
1-8	No. 5 Scène: "Carmen, Sur Tes Pas Nous Nous Pressons Tous"	2:27
1-9	"Monsieur Le Brigadier?" / No 6 Duo: "Parle-moi de ma mère!"	9:23
1-10	"Attends Un Peu Maintenant"	0:21
1-11	No. 7 Choeur: "Eh Bien! Qu'est-ce Qui Arrive? ... Au Secours! Au Secours!	3:39
1-12	"Eh Bien, Brigadier?" / No. 8 Chanson Et Melodrame: "Tra La La La..."	3:58
1-13	No. 9 Chanson Et Duo: "Près Des Remparts De Seville"	4:58
1-14	No. 10 Finale: "Le Lieutenant! Prenez Garde! ... L'amour Est Enfant De Bohème"	2:29
1-15	Entr'acte	1:43
Act Two
1-16	No. 11 Chanson: "Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient"	4:50
1-17	"Mon Dieu, Messieurs, Il Commence À Se Faire Tard"	0:35
1-18	No. 12 Choeur Et Ensemble: "Vivat! Vivat Le Toréro!"	1:26
1-19	No. 13 Couplet: "Votre Toast... Je Peux Vous Le Rendre"	5:31
1-20	"Dis-moi Ton Nom"	0:41
1-21	No. 13 Bis Choeur: "Toréador, En Garde"	1:06
1-22	"Eh Bien, Les Nouvelles?"	0:30
1-23	No. 14 Quintette: "Nous Avons Et Tête Une Affaire"	4:27
1-24	"Amoureuse... Ce N'est Pas Une Raison, Cela" / No. 15 Chanson: "Halte Là! Qui Va Là?" / "Ecoutez, Le Voilà"	3:20
2-1	No. 16 Duo: "Ja Vais Danser En Votre Honneur"	6:03
2-2	"La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetée"	4:29
2-3	"Non, Tu Ne M'aimes pas!"	4:28
2-4	No. 17 Finale: "Holà! Carmen!	5:30
2-5	Entr'acte	2:59
Act Three
First Tableau
2-6	No. 18 Introduction: "Ecoute, Compagnon, Écoute... Notre Metier Est Bon"	4:25
2-7	"Voyons, Carmen... Faisons La Paix"	0:47
2-8	No. 19 Trio: "Mêlons! Coupons!	2:54
2-9	"Carreau, Pique... La Mort! ... En Vain, Pour Éviter Les Résponses Amères"	3:54
2-10	"Parlez Encore, Parlez, Mes Belles"	0:44
2-11	"Holà, Les Belles"	0:51
2-12	No. 20 Morceau D'Ensemble: "Quant Au Douanier, C'est Notre Affaire"	3:37
2-13	No. 21 Air: "Je Dis Qui Rien Ne M'épouvante"	5:22
2-14	"Qui Va Là" / No. 22 Duo: "Je Suis Escamillo"	3:47
2-15	No. 23 Finale: "Holà, Holà, José!"	3:15
2-16	"Moi? Je Viens Te Chercher"	5:11
2-17	Entr'acte	2:22
Second Tableau
2-18	No. 24 Choeur: "A Deux Cuartos"	2:16
2-19	No. 25 Choeur Et Scène: "Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille"	4:15
2-20	"Si Tu M'aimes, Carmen"	2:06
2-21	"Carmen, Un Bon Conseil"	1:53
2-22	No. 26 Duo Final: "C'est Toi?" - "C'est Moi!"	9:15

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – PentaTone Music B.V.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Remastered At – Polyhymnia International

Credits

• Chorus Master – John Mauceri
• Composed By – Georges Bizet
• Conductor – Leonard Bernstein
• Design – Joost De Boo
• Engineer [Balance], Engineer [Recording], Edited By – Günter Hermans*
• Liner Notes – Franz Steiger
• Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Children's Chorus*
• Photography By – Louis Melancon
• Producer – Thomas Mowrey
• Vocals [Carmen] – Marilyn Horne
• Vocals [Dancaïre, Lillas Pastia] – Russell Christopher
• Vocals [Don José] – James McCracken
• Vocals [Escamillo] – Tom Krause
• Vocals [Frasquita] – Colette Boky
• Vocals [Mercédès] – Marcia Baldwin
• Vocals [Micaëla] – Adriana Maliponte
• Vocals [Moralès] – Raymond Gibbs
• Vocals [Remendado] – Andrea Velis
• Vocals [Zuniga] – Donald Gramm

Notes

Sung in French. Remastered 2014 in Baarn, The Netherlands, using the original multi-channel master tapes. SACD layer contains both stereo mix and Quadraphonic multichannel mix. Comes in a thick hardcover book with discs slid into paper pouches inside front and rear covers.

The recording was made at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in September 1972. The production opened on 19 September 1972 for six performances. Recording commenced on 22 September 1972 and concluded one week before the final performance.

This recording was released in 1973 and reviewed in (The) Grammophone, June 1973 page 91.

Catalog Numbers:
PTC 5186 216 - Release / Book
PTC 5186 217 - Disc 1
PTC 5186 218 - Disc 2

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 27949 02166 4
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1: HD Layer): A0102435794-A912 17 A00
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1: Redbook Layer): A0102435794-B912 18 00A
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2: HD Layer): A0102435796-A922 37 A00
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2: Redbook Layer): A0102435796-B922 28 00A
• Mastering SID Code (Discs 1 & 2: HD Layer): IFPI L557
• Mastering SID Code (Discs 1 & 2: Redbook Layer): IFPI L558
• Mould SID Code (Discs 1 & 2): IFPI 94B1
• Other (Disc 1: Category): PTC 5186 217
• Other (Disc 2: Category): PTC 5186 218
• Label Code: LC 12686

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2709 043	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus - Carmen ‎(Box + 3xLP)	Deutsche Grammophon	2709 043	Germany	1973
413 279-1	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus - Carmen ‎(Box, RE + 3xLP)	Deutsche Grammophon	413 279-1	Germany	Unknown
413 279-4	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus - Carmen ‎(Box + 2xCass, RE)	Deutsche Grammophon	413 279-4	Germany	Unknown
33 С 10 07297-302	Жорж Бизе*	Кармен. Опера В Четырех Действиях ‎(3xLP, Album, RE + Box)	Мелодия	33 С 10 07297-302	USSR	1976
2720 100	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus	Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus - Carmen ‎(3xLP + Box)	Deutsche Grammophon	2720 100	Germany	1978